Oct 25, 2022·edited Oct 25, 2022Liked by Sheldon Yakiwchuk
I remember my husband and I got sick with an awful flu. He got COVID toes. I asked about getting a test but they weren't testing you unless you had been exposed to someone from Wuhan. We had only been exposed to someone from China who arrived sick and had been visiting with relatives from Wuhan before coming to Canada. My husband had a stroke and he was released the Friday before the lock downs started. The doctors laughed at me when I said I thought the stroke was related to the illness. COVID is a lung disease not a neurological disease they said. being a retired health care researcher I brought up the literature I was seeing but they ignored me. We had no occupational therapy, physio therapy and we couldn't even speak to our doctor on the phone for a month because it took that long for them to authorize telemedicine and I couldn't manage getting my husband to town by myself because he wasn't strong enough with the walker to go that far by himself and I was not allowed to go in with him. If not for family who understood post stroke therapy needs and my retired nurse neighbour I have no idea how we would have managed his recovery.
I remember going in for a routine blood test. They were practically hosing down the chairs in the waiting room with heavily scented disinfectant. I am allergic to scents and between the masks and the scent I felt like I was dying. I very politely asked the woman hosing down chairs to please wait until I was gone to hose down the chair. She lost it and sprayed my right in the face while screaming at me. For once the stupid mask was actually good for something.
I walked into Walmart and they had hand sanitizer on a pole in the door. I was trying to figure out how to work the stupid thing not noticing the foot pedal. The woman at the door screamed at me calling me an idiot for not knowing about the foot pedal. I got yelled at by other customers for not following the arrows on the floor.
I certainly remember every one of these... I will never let it escape my memory banks !!! I also remember how kenny back tracked on everything he said prior to rotleys influence over AHS yrs I call her nacheal rotley because she's rotten to the core( maybe to much fermentation going on in her swelled brain) I remember cops abusing kids at outdoor hockey rinks I remember the cities shutting down green belts and parks
I WILL NEVER FORGET ANY OF WHAT THIS GOVT HAS DONE TO THE PEOPLE NEVER
Very thorough but you forgot a few! Maybe y'all didn't have to do this in Canada? Haha! When your Amazon packages came you were to wipe them down with antiseptic wipes prior to handling them? or Whenever you'd go through a drive through people would spray or wipe down their food bags, or Starbucks cups! Starbucks actually got smart🧐 and started putting your drink in a container to give it to you. Many people would pick up groceries then leave them in garage before touching them or wipe those down too!
People driving in cars with masks on by themselves. People in the ocean or pool with masks on.
I'll also never forget seeing all the kids playing soccer OUTSIDE with masks on! Or eating on top of buckets in 20 degree weather.
Mask-less parents with masked up kids!
We went to the movies once and were forced to wear masks in the lobby. They then packed us into a theater literally right next to other people. Some wore masks some did not. We didn't. The lady sitting next to me ate her popcorn and drank her pop in-between pulling her mask down to do so with every sip or bite.😂 That was more entertaining than the movie!
Covid was one of the smartest viruses we ever had! Like you could only get covid at church but not at a strip club! Upon entering a restaurant or leaving a restaurant but not while eating. The gym was a no go but the casino was fine.
I hope someone writes a book with pictures one day detailing all of the insanity we all lived through which continues today just in different ways.
Unfortunately I don't think I'll ever forget but sometimes wish I could.
I was at the train station in Toronto on February 4, 2020 and the monitors on the wall said that Trudeau was asking Canadians “not to let this virus from China become a racist issue.” I knew right away it wasn’t a pandemic. Haven’t thought otherwise for a microsecond sense.
I'm exhausted and I only got midway through. Even as we all had to live through this. I want to throw up at the insanity and mind fuckery. Thank you for this list Sheldon.
I remember having a bunch of friends over for Thanksgiving dinner despite being told not to. I remember going out to support restaurants that were barely keeping their doors open. I remember my commitment to our local Home Hardware store to make them our primary supplier. I remember the joy I felt watching the truckers heading across Canada in the dead of winter.
I feel grateful to have found your stack. The political weapon of choice in the last few years is the plow, running through people, rules and institutions as hard, fast and far as possible til we forget, or give up on fighting for reality. The antidote is this article, we will not forget.
I’ve often wondered....was the whole fuck up of not procuring enough vaccines by Trudeau just a way to get more people vaxxed ? Like when you really want something but can’t get it, you want it even more. Or am I getting more paranoid by the day?
This is so powerful.
I do remember too.
And I will NOT rest.
Unfortunately, yes, I do remember......let's never forget.....wow......what a great compilation.......
I remember my husband and I got sick with an awful flu. He got COVID toes. I asked about getting a test but they weren't testing you unless you had been exposed to someone from Wuhan. We had only been exposed to someone from China who arrived sick and had been visiting with relatives from Wuhan before coming to Canada. My husband had a stroke and he was released the Friday before the lock downs started. The doctors laughed at me when I said I thought the stroke was related to the illness. COVID is a lung disease not a neurological disease they said. being a retired health care researcher I brought up the literature I was seeing but they ignored me. We had no occupational therapy, physio therapy and we couldn't even speak to our doctor on the phone for a month because it took that long for them to authorize telemedicine and I couldn't manage getting my husband to town by myself because he wasn't strong enough with the walker to go that far by himself and I was not allowed to go in with him. If not for family who understood post stroke therapy needs and my retired nurse neighbour I have no idea how we would have managed his recovery.
I remember going in for a routine blood test. They were practically hosing down the chairs in the waiting room with heavily scented disinfectant. I am allergic to scents and between the masks and the scent I felt like I was dying. I very politely asked the woman hosing down chairs to please wait until I was gone to hose down the chair. She lost it and sprayed my right in the face while screaming at me. For once the stupid mask was actually good for something.
I walked into Walmart and they had hand sanitizer on a pole in the door. I was trying to figure out how to work the stupid thing not noticing the foot pedal. The woman at the door screamed at me calling me an idiot for not knowing about the foot pedal. I got yelled at by other customers for not following the arrows on the floor.
Do you remember when your GP couldn't tell you the vax status of your spouse, but every waitress in town had a right to know?
I do. Such a comprehensive compilation of the “greatest COVID hits 2020-2022”. Thank you Sheldon. Everyone should be reminded.
I certainly remember every one of these... I will never let it escape my memory banks !!! I also remember how kenny back tracked on everything he said prior to rotleys influence over AHS yrs I call her nacheal rotley because she's rotten to the core( maybe to much fermentation going on in her swelled brain) I remember cops abusing kids at outdoor hockey rinks I remember the cities shutting down green belts and parks
I WILL NEVER FORGET ANY OF WHAT THIS GOVT HAS DONE TO THE PEOPLE NEVER
Very thorough but you forgot a few! Maybe y'all didn't have to do this in Canada? Haha! When your Amazon packages came you were to wipe them down with antiseptic wipes prior to handling them? or Whenever you'd go through a drive through people would spray or wipe down their food bags, or Starbucks cups! Starbucks actually got smart🧐 and started putting your drink in a container to give it to you. Many people would pick up groceries then leave them in garage before touching them or wipe those down too!
People driving in cars with masks on by themselves. People in the ocean or pool with masks on.
I'll also never forget seeing all the kids playing soccer OUTSIDE with masks on! Or eating on top of buckets in 20 degree weather.
Mask-less parents with masked up kids!
We went to the movies once and were forced to wear masks in the lobby. They then packed us into a theater literally right next to other people. Some wore masks some did not. We didn't. The lady sitting next to me ate her popcorn and drank her pop in-between pulling her mask down to do so with every sip or bite.😂 That was more entertaining than the movie!
Covid was one of the smartest viruses we ever had! Like you could only get covid at church but not at a strip club! Upon entering a restaurant or leaving a restaurant but not while eating. The gym was a no go but the casino was fine.
I hope someone writes a book with pictures one day detailing all of the insanity we all lived through which continues today just in different ways.
Unfortunately I don't think I'll ever forget but sometimes wish I could.
Thanks!
I was at the train station in Toronto on February 4, 2020 and the monitors on the wall said that Trudeau was asking Canadians “not to let this virus from China become a racist issue.” I knew right away it wasn’t a pandemic. Haven’t thought otherwise for a microsecond sense.
I'm exhausted and I only got midway through. Even as we all had to live through this. I want to throw up at the insanity and mind fuckery. Thank you for this list Sheldon.
I remember having a bunch of friends over for Thanksgiving dinner despite being told not to. I remember going out to support restaurants that were barely keeping their doors open. I remember my commitment to our local Home Hardware store to make them our primary supplier. I remember the joy I felt watching the truckers heading across Canada in the dead of winter.
I feel grateful to have found your stack. The political weapon of choice in the last few years is the plow, running through people, rules and institutions as hard, fast and far as possible til we forget, or give up on fighting for reality. The antidote is this article, we will not forget.
Yack, best post ever.
I remember my 33year career in health care getting tossed in the garbage can! Thanks Bonnie!!
How about having to stay at a hotel for three days when you flew back into Canada - and paying for it yourself?
They Come Near Me With Masks, Test's Or Anything Else I Will Flatten More Than The Curve!
Amazing. Thank you.
I’ve often wondered....was the whole fuck up of not procuring enough vaccines by Trudeau just a way to get more people vaxxed ? Like when you really want something but can’t get it, you want it even more. Or am I getting more paranoid by the day?